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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1914
Page
11
A collection of letters to the Sewing Circle discussing wages for wives, cooperative housekeeping, pensions for women, and social behavior. Readers weigh in on domestic economics, taxpayer burdens, family labor, and manners in public transit.
The Sunday Post prints reader letters to the Sewing Circle discussing crafting projects and community news. Readers share tips on sewing techniques and display finished items.
Seventy four years ago an Englishman unknown today started postage stamps by placing the first stamp on a letter and delivering it. Sir Rowland Hill proposed prepayment and a glutinous back to seal stamps. Penny postage began when the scheme took effect on January 10 1840 with stamps placed on sale.
Mandy endures her husband Jake who habitually answers with in just a minute. After a series of delays that endanger her, Jake finally realizes the harm of procrastination and vows reform, though backsliding remains possible in their daily routine.
Paris reports a new children’s outfit in white chinchilla with a bonnet of embroidered tulle. The all white ensemble blends warmth and daintiness and is expected to set a standard for cleanliness in children’s fashion.
A lyrical scene recalls the President as a symbol of youth and national future. The poem portrays a vivid campus-like setting where a boyish figure embodies duty, freedom, and the stirring promise of leadership through playful acts and imagined adventures.
Public bequests totaling 7000 were left to Chelsea churches and societies in the will of Frances J. Martin of Winchester filed in East Cambridge probate court. The estate is valued at 215000 with the remainder to relatives. Bertram T. Martin of Chelsea is named executor. Five thousand goes to Horace Memorial Free Baptist Church Chelsea and 1000 each to the Chelsea Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Chelsea Young Men's Christian Association.
Flags at half mast in Sharon for Charles E. Hall a Civil War veteran and former selectman who died at his home at age 70 his death noted today in local notices.
Israel Gordon of Standwood street was found guilty of obtaining money from a customer under the claim of a gold chain that proved to be not gold. Judge Creed said Gordon’s employers Joseph Clair & Co. were to blame in a bankruptcy jewelry sale at 255 Washington street. Gordon’s case was placed on file after the firm agreed to repay $4. Walter J. Kelley bought the chain last Monday, paid for gold, only to learn it was gold filled.
The suit of William L. Thompson against the United States and Mexican Banana Company was settled by agreement of counsel. A written dismissal agreement ends the case. Phipps Durgin and Cook represented Thompson, Wilford Gray represented the defendants, officers include Ernest W Graves and Douglas N Graves.
A London agony column excerpt advertises a supposed national saver offering $500 million annual savings and millions in profits. It seeks a wealthy backer to provide about $125 000 for working capital in exchange for a share of profits. The proposer is a 40-year-old married, or rather unmarried, veteran businessman offering full-time commitment.
Seven motorists appeared before Chief Justice Bolster in the Police Court yesterday on automobile law violations. They were fined ten dollars each.
Gladys P Chase aged 14 who vanished from her sister’s Dorchester home was granted a special marriage permit to Frederick W Darmer 21 of Somerville by Suffolk Probate Court Judge George. Darmer disappeared the day after the girl left and later appeared at the Adams residence showing concern.
The couple, once intimate, secured a private Probate Court hearing with Judge George. After testimonies, the judge granted a special permit for Gladys Chase, a minor, to marry Darmer without the usual five day waiting period after license.
Local Sunday Post feature presents practical kitchen notes from MRS. M. C. LOVELL of Falmouth and MRS. FE. CARRIER of Portland. Recipes include frankfurts with butter and flour base, doughnut style fried cakes, and breakfast cake tips using common ingredients and baking basics.
Miss Kate Ryan Miss Mable C Willard Professor Albert Bushnell Hart of Harvard and Mrs Frances Kellogg Curtis will speak at a suffrage rally this noon in front of the Merchant's Exchange on State street. The Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government conducts several meetings today with events at Eliot Square at 7 and Joseph Warren Square at 8.
Poem reflects on mourning and memory with imagery of autumn fields and departed friends. The speaker links tears to divine despair and recalls cherished moments, love, and the ache of loss. The verses juxtapose fresh visions with endings, ending on death in life and the days that are no more.
The Knights of the Sacred Heart Society of St Charles Church Woburn will hold their annual camp at Camp Keegan Wilmington named after Rev James J Keegan with a prize drill by Colonel Edward L Logan of the Ninth Regiment. Lt D J Canty to run camp. Rev Patrick J McCarthy directs church picnic Aug 2 at Lilly Pond Grove Saugus to aid St Vincent de Paul. 40 hours devotion begins July 31 at Home for the Aged Somerville and Boston School for the Deaf Randolph. Today marks the fifth anniversary of Bishop Joseph G Anderson’s consecration.
A Hendon newspaper man reports aviation firms cannot cut passenger flight charges. Typical rates run about 5.00 dollars per mile for ordinary trips and 3.75 dollars per mile for round trips, with petrol costs described as infinitesimal next to handling fees.
In East Boston the Maverick Congregational Church plans a forenoon service with Rev. Edmund B. Chaffee preaching in place of Pastor Rev. Albert Williams who is in London on vacation. Open air Bible school enrollment exceeds 200 as summer programs continue.
Arthur A. Shaw of the Robert Gould Shaw family agrees in Norfolk Superior Court to pay Acrata von Schrader Shaw ten thousand dollars alimony after their divorce was finalized a month ago. Judge E P Pierce oversaw the agreement amid an appeal to reduce the prior court order of twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
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